单词 | vent-feather |
释义 | > as lemmasvent-feather vent-feather n. one of the feathers covering or surrounding a bird's vent. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > anus > feather around vent-feather1776 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) II. ii. 571 The whiteness of the coverts of the tail and vent-feathers. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 505/2 The Vent, or vent-feathers (crissum), which lies between the thighs and the tail. 1815 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. IX. i. 98 Abdomen and vent-feathers whitish. 1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 11 The vent feathers, and under tail coverts, which cover the hinder part of the bird. < as lemmas |
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